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Player’s Handbook
precious few memories of life before you took up arms. Battle is in your blood. Sometimes you catch yourself reflexively performing the basic fighting exercises you learned first. Eventually, you put that training to use on the battlefield, protecting the realm by waging war.
Classes
Player’s Handbook
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Class Features
Second Wind
Weapon Mastery
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Fighting Style, Second Wind, Weapon Mastery
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Action Surge (one use), Tactical Mind
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, each Fighter specializes in certain styles of combat. Some concentrate on archery, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of
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Player’s Handbook
definition, the life of a Paladin is an adventuring life, for every Paladin lives on the front lines of the cosmic struggle against annihilation. Fighters are rare enough among the ranks of a world&rsquo
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Channel Divinity
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Lay On Hands, Spellcasting, Weapon Mastery
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Player’s Handbook
power. Different Monks conceptualize this power in various ways: as breath, energy, life force, essence, or self, for example. Whether channeled as a striking display of martial prowess or as a subtler
strength into their attacks, with or without the use of weapons. In a Monk’s hands, even the most basic weapons can become sophisticated implements of combat mastery.
Many Monks find that a
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Favored Enemy
Prepared Spells
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Deft Explorer, Fighting Style
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, including performing music, working magic, and making jests.
A Bard’s life is spent traveling, gathering lore, telling stories, and living on the gratitude of audiences, much like any other entertainer
. But Bards’ depth of knowledge and mastery of magic sets them apart.
Becoming a Bard...
As a Level 1 Bard
Gain all the traits in the Core Bard Traits table.
Gain the Bard’s level 1
Classes
Player’s Handbook
used across the multiverse.
The closest a Wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer. Other Wizards sell their services as advisers, serve in military forces, or
Mastery
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Epic Boon
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Signature Spells
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Wizard Class Features
As a Wizard
Magic Items
Curse of Strahd
that drains life from those it kills and transfers that life to its wielder, imbuing that individual with the stamina to keep fighting.
When you hit with a melee attack using this magic spear and
Classes
Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Monks of the Way of the Kensei train relentlessly with their weapons, to the point where the weapon becomes an extension of the body. Founded on a mastery of sword fighting, the tradition has
the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study.
Way of the Kensei Features
Giff
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Monsters
Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of muskets and pistols.Multiattack. The giff makes two pistol attacks.
Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6
rank. Promotions don’t depend on age but are granted by a superior as a reward for valor. Giff are devoted to their children, even as most of their education is geared toward fighting and war
Monsters
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
Firearms Knowledge. The giff’s mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Legendary Resistance (2/Day). If the giff fails a saving throw, it can choose to
Morningstar attacks or one Double-Barreled Musket attack.A high-ranking giff who takes up the life of an independent mercenary might amass enough power and influence to become a warlord.
A giff warlord
Monsters
Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
decay. Her mastery of this magic sustains her own life force even without the sustenance of food, drink, or even air.
She founded Witherbloom College to pass on her understanding of the natural cycle
.
Miasmal Flow (Costs 2 Actions). Beledros uses Miasmal Flow.
Teeming with Life (Costs 3 Actions). Beledros magically summons 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4", "rollType":"roll", "rollAction":"Teeming with
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
Monks of the Way of the Kensei train relentlessly with their weapons, to the point where the weapon becomes an extension of the body. Founded on a mastery of sword fighting, the tradition has
the beauty and precision of the martial arts. That such mastery makes a kensei a peerless warrior is but a side effect of intense devotion, practice, and study.
Way of the Kensei Features
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
other creatures to determine their true intent. You excel at defeating creatures that hide among and prey upon ordinary folk, and your mastery of lore and your keen deductions make you well equipped to
expose and end hidden evils.
Inquisitive Features
Rogue Level
Feature
3rd
Ear for Deceit, Eye for Detail, Insightful Fighting
9th
Steady Eye
13th
Unerring Eye
17th
Eye for Weakness
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Xanathar's Guide to Everything
other creatures to determine their true intent. You excel at defeating creatures that hide among and prey upon ordinary folk, and your mastery of lore and your keen deductions make you well equipped to
expose and end hidden evils.
Inquisitive Features
Rogue Level
Feature
3rd
Ear for Deceit, Eye for Detail, Insightful Fighting
9th
Steady Eye
13th
Unerring Eye
17th
Eye for Weakness
Equipment
Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Fighting Chain, Brutal, you must take the Advanced
Weapon Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.Brutal. This weapon is designed for maximum damage. Brutal
Equipment
Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Fighting Chain, Sickle, you must take the Advanced
Weapon Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.Entangling. When you take the Attack action on your turn and
Ioun Stone
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Magic Items
Basic Rules (2014)
head.
Ioun Stone of Mastery;Mastery (Legendary). Your proficiency bonus increases by 1 while this pale green prism orbits your head.
Ioun Stone of Protection;Protection (Rare). You gain a +1
spindle orbits your head.
This other set of Ioun Stones come from the Extra Life Adventure: Lost Laboratory of Kwalish.
Ioun Stone of Supreme Intellect;Supreme Intellect (Rare). You gain a +1 bonus to
Equipment
Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Fighting Chain, you must take the Advanced Weapon
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.
Disarming. These weapons can catch a foe's weapon, allowing you to
Fighter
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mastery with weapons and armor, and a thorough knowledge of the skills of combat. And they are well acquainted with death, both meting it out and staring it defiantly in the face.
Well-Rounded
, some on fighting with two weapons at once, and some on augmenting their martial skills with magic. This combination of broad general ability and extensive specialization makes fighters superior
Equipment
Mastery of Advanced Weapons requires military training and skill. To use any of the special properties or the Weapon Mastery properties of the Fighting Chain, Hook, you must take the Advanced Weapon
Proficiency feat.
This weapon has the following Mastery Property. To use this property, you must have a feature that lets you use it.Entangling. When you take the Attack action on your turn and hit
Dragonborn
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Species
Basic Rules (2014)
foreign house. The sword at his back was the same, though, the one he had carried since even before he had found the twins left in swaddling at the gates of Arush Vayem.
For all her life, Farideh had
calling in life.
Proud Dragon Kin
Dragonborn look very much like dragons standing erect in humanoid form, though they lack wings or a tail. The first dragonborn had scales of vibrant hues matching the
Entertainer
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Backgrounds
Player’s Handbook (2014)
anger. Your music raises their spirits or captures their sorrow. Your dance steps captivate, your humor cuts to the quick. Whatever techniques you use, your art is your life.
Skill
any place that features combat for entertainment — perhaps a gladiatorial arena or secret pit fighting club. You can replace the musical instrument in your equipment package with an inexpensive
Monk
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they gain experience, their martial training and their mastery of ki gives them more power over their bodies and the bodies of their foes. Training and Asceticism Small walled cloisters dot the
landscapes of the worlds of D&D, tiny refuges from the flow of ordinary life, where time seems to stand still. The monks who live there seek personal perfection through contemplation and rigorous
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
important than the gear and fighting style of its members, and so most of these orders aren’t limited to fighting types, but are open to all sorts of folk who are willing to battle and die for the
Unicorn are chivalric adventurers who follow romantic ideals: life is to be relished and lived with laughter, quests should be taken on a dare, impossible dreams should be pursued for the sheer wonder of
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
As a sell-sword who fought battles for coin, you’re well acquainted with risking life and limb for a chance at a share of treasure. Now, you look forward to fighting foes and reaping even
greater rewards as an adventurer. Your experience makes you familiar with the ins and outs of mercenary life, and you likely have harrowing stories of events on the battlefield. You might have served with
Species
Mythic Odysseys of Theros
, or belligerent. The truth is that many leonin simply enjoy fighting, whether verbal or physical. They take pleasure in argument, wrestling, sparring, and even battle, enjoying the opportunity to
gods, but I roll my eyes at each new twist of fate and try to get on with my life.
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I wish that I could be as naive as humans and other mortals who actually think the gods are looking out for them
Wizard
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the fey) that are steeped in magic.
The Lure of Knowledge
Wizards’ lives are seldom mundane. The closest a wizard is likely to come to an ordinary life is working as a sage or lecturer in a
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What drew you forth from your life of study? Did your first taste of magical knowledge leave you hungry for more? Have you received word of a secret repository of knowledge not yet plundered by any
Cleric
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a simple life of temple service, carrying out their gods’ will through prayer and sacrifice, not by magic and strength of arms. In some cities, priesthood amounts to a political office, viewed
as a stepping stone to higher positions of authority and involving no communion with a god at all. True clerics are rare in most hierarchies.
When a cleric takes up an adventuring life, it is usually
Compendium
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Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Second Wind Weapon Mastery 1 +2 Fighting Style, Second Wind, Weapon Mastery 2 3 2 +2 Action Surge (one use), Tactical Mind 2 3 3 +2 Fighter Subclass 2 3 4 +2
: Fighting Style You have honed your martial prowess and gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (see “Feats”). Defense is recommended. Whenever you gain a Fighter level, you can replace the feat you
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Level Proficiency Bonus Class Features Second Wind Weapon Mastery 1 +2 Fighting Style, Second Wind, Weapon Mastery 2 3 2 +2 Action Surge (one use), Tactical Mind 2 3 3 +2 Fighter Subclass 2 3 4 +2
: Fighting Style You have honed your martial prowess and gain a Fighting Style feat of your choice (see chapter 5). Defense is recommended. Whenever you gain a Fighter level, you can replace the feat you
Ranger
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defense. This fierce independence makes rangers well suited to adventuring, since they are accustomed to life far from the comforts of a dry bed and a hot bath. Faced with city-bred adventurers who
focus on two-weapon fighting make Strength higher than Dexterity.) Second, choose the outlander background. The Ranger Table Level ProficiencyBonus Features SpellsKnown
Druid
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; activities.
Swinging a blade formed of pure fire, a half-elf charges into a mass of skeletal soldiers, sundering the unnatural magic that gives the foul creatures the mocking semblance of life
.
Whether calling on the elemental forces of nature or emulating the creatures of the animal world, druids are an embodiment of nature’s resilience, cunning, and fury. They claim no mastery over
Paladin
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undead, and to protect the innocent and those who join them in the fight for justice.
Beyond the Mundane Life
Almost by definition, the life of a paladin is an adventuring life. Unless a lasting injury
earliest memories that the paladin’s life was your calling, almost as if you had been sent into the world with that purpose stamped on your soul.
As guardians against the forces of wickedness
Monsters
Storm King's Thunder
might rival him in power, in a fighting style marked by sudden attacks and just as sudden disappearances.
Klauth spends many waking hours scrying Faerûn with his spells, and he probably knows more
dragon’s power, telling the grim story of its life, the enemies it has slain, and the nations it has conquered.
Lair Actions
On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), the dragon takes a






